Stories from Tuesday, March 26, 2024

CHARLESTON, Mo. — A Cape Girardeau, Missouri, man will face trial for the New Year’s Day death of a Caruthersville, Missouri, man in Charleston. A preliminary hearing was conducted Friday, March 22 in Mississippi County Circuit Court for Jimmy Hudson III, 18, of Cape Girardeau, who is charged with first degree murder, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon and possession of a controlled substance, according to online court records. ...

SIKESTON— With the total solar eclipse only two weeks away, Sikeston Public Schools and other local school districts have plans in place to help their students celebrate the event. Natalie Bohannon, Sikeston R-6 communications specialist, said prior to the April 8 eclipse on Wednesday, April 3, the district’s three elementary schools and middle school will have a special guest to help celebrate the eclipse...

CHARLESTON, Mo. — Charleston R-1 School District and local law enforcement are investigating after a student fired a gun on the high school football field Tuesday afternoon. At about 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, Charleston Junior/Senior High School was placed on lockdown after an alternative school student fired a gun into the ground on school property, the school district’s Facebook said in a post Tuesday afternoon...

SCOTT CITY, Mo. — Former longtime Scott County Coroner Scott Amick — also a former school board member, basketball referee and football time clock operator — died Sunday, March 24, at his home. Amick was 66 years old. Amick was an owner and partner of Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel. He served as coroner for 35 years, and was a past president of the Missouri Coroners and Medical Examiners Association, according to his obituary...

PUXICO, Mo. — A Puxico man was killed in a single-vehicle crash Tuesday, March 25 in Stoddard County. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 8:55 a.m. on Highway J, two miles west of Puxico, as the westbound vehicle driven by Vaden S. Woolard, 41, of Puxico traveled off the road and struck a culvert then overturned, ejecting him...

SIKESTON — Sikeston R-6 School District will host kindergarten screenings for the 2024-2025 school year April 9-12 at the First United Methodist Church in Sikeston. ...

SIKESTON — Philip Deuster Sr., age 85, passed away on March 24, 2024, at Life Care Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He was born on April 25, 1938, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, to the late Frank and Lucille Mivelaz Deuster. In Fort Smith at the Immaculate Conception Church, he married Maggie Ann Day who preceded him in death on March 21, 2024...

SIKESTON — Maggie Ann Deuster, age 85, passed away on March 21, 2024, at Bertrand Nursing and Rehab Center in Bertrand, Missouri. She was born on June 1, 1938, in Roland, Oklahoma, to the late Rudolph and Dorotha Hollman Day. In Fort Smith, Arkansas, at the Immaculate Conception Church she married Philip Deuster Sr., who proceeded her in death on March 24, 2024...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — The United States Attorney's Office announced on Tuesday, March 26 that Kyrron Haynes, 29, of Charleston, Missouri, has been sentenced to serve 96 months, or eight years, in federal prison for the offense of distribution of fentanyl...

SIKESTON — Earl “Buddy” Newton, age 84, passed away on Saturday, March 23, 2024, at Mercy Jefferson County Hospital in Festus, Missouri. He was born on Sept. 24, 1939, in Sikeston, to the late Heartsill and Louise Sindle Newton. On June 20, 1961, he married Shirley Alsup Newton who passed away on May 9, 2017...

SIKESTON — Carolyn Ann Melrose-Dow, age 63, passed away on March 24, 2024, with family by her side in her hometown of Sikeston. She was born in Sikeston on Nov. 21, 1960, to the late William Dale and Carolyn Chaney Hall. On Feb. 2, 2006, she married James “Jim” Dow who survives their home in Sikeston...

SIKESTON — Michael "Pooh Pooh" Gipson, 37, died March 20, 2024, at his home in Sikeston. Visitation is from noon until service time at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 30, 2024, at the Travelers Rest M.B. Church in Sikeston. Burial will follow in the New Morning Star Cemetery in Haywood City, Missouri...

NEW MADRID, Mo. — On April 2, New Madrid County voters will be asked to impose a sales tax on those purchasing marijuana. Voters will cast either a yes or no vote on a proposal which would impose a 3 percent sales tax on “all tangible personal property retail sales of adult use marijuana sold in the County of New Madrid, Missouri.”...

SIKESTON — Sikeston City Council held a public hearing on the re-adoption of the flood plain ordinance in accordance with Federal Emergency Management Agency and State Emergency Management Agency regulations during its regular meeting Monday, March 25 at City Hall...

Sikeston Kindergarten and Early Childhood Center has named its kindergarten pups of the month for February. Pictured are front row, from left: Jordan Stanberry, Noah Henson, Kali Thomas, Keyhari Robinson, Caroline Parker, Chloe Scott, Ethan Hawkins, Titus Noles, Harrison Hammer, Brooklyn Thomas and Alaya Hail; and back row: Zoey Dye, Eli Cooksey, Dyana Woodson Washington, Jalia Lee, Zayne Sarimento, Oakley Schaffer, Layla Robinson, Tobias Baines, August Wilkerson, Kierstn Pegues, Rodrigo Garcia Hernandez, Zayne Taylor, Jack Fisk and Angel Mays.. ...

Sikeston High School’s delegates for Missouri Boys and Girls State 2024 have been named. These young men and women will attend the leadership program this summer at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri. The school expressed gratitude to several local sponsors who help make the experience possible for the students. ...

Submitted Photo Sikeston High School’s delegates for Missouri Boys and Girls State 2024 have been named. These young men and women will attend the leadership program this summer at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri. Pictured are front row, from left: Will Sims, Asher Alcorn, John Robert Wilson, Andy Huang and Philip Shimon; and back row: Colin Scott, Eli Stephenson, Will Stokes, Truman McGill, Aden Cox and Truman Curry...

BERTRAND, Mo. – Harlen Bruce Terrell, 91, died March 26, 2024, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri. Visitation is from 9:30 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 28 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. Greg Whitlock, pastor, will officiate...

AMORY, Miss. — Robert M. “Cowboy” Alsup, 87, passed away peacefully at his residence in Amory and began his new glorious life in heaven on March 25, 2024. He was born in Sikeston, Missouri, on May 24, 1936, to the late Rufus and Nona Mae King Alsup.